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Written by: Maddie Kringel Burger Records, known by some as an independent record label based in Fullerton, CA, who really like cassette tapes. This February, Burger put on a collective West-Coast tour Called Burger-A-Go-Go, which stopped for two nights in each…

Foreword and Interview by: Ryan Cormack “When I hear the word extremo… I think of me.” I had the pleasure of chatting with Shannon Taylor, singer/songwriter of the extremo punk band awakebutstillinbed, right here at the KZSC station! Based…

Interview and Review by: Julissa Garcia Caleb Parker, once a young boy from Sacramento, blossomed into an artist who makes music to inspire change. Now greatly known as Caleborate, his persistence and humility has moved him towards doing what he loves…

Interview by: Sarah Woolley Over pesto pizza and motown soul playing in the background, I got to sit down with Brooklyn-based electro-funk trio Exmag at our very own Pizza my Heart. DJ Fizzi Pop Interviews Exmag! Over pesto pizza,…

Review by: Lily Nauta With their first album debuting in 2013 and their second and most recent in 2016, indie-rock band The Frights are a quickly growing group. The band picked up traction quick with lead singer Mikey Carnevale’s captivating…

With hip-hops rise into the dominant culture over the last decade, we are approaching an era of hip-hop reminiscent of the late 20th century with rock and roll. An overwhelming number of rappers are appearing and disappearing before our eyes…

“Wonder if you want to stay // or if it’s easier that way,” Aaron Maine cries out over some of the punchiest drums such a line has ever been sang over. His band, Porches, released their third studio album, The…

Now, more than ever, the world needs The Clash.
On International Clash Day (Wed Feb 7, 2018), KZSC joins radio stations all around the world in highlighting the band’s activism and musical magic. KZSC has special programming all day on Wednesday February 7th.

Lani B will surpise a lot of listeners with how she's marking the day on Wiki Wiki Wednesday, 6 to 9 am.

Artists on Art, at noon, will feature an interview with author and filmmaker Antonino D'Ambrosio, the director of Let Fury Have the Hour: Joe Strummer, Punk, and the Movement that Shook the World (2012). We'll also check in with the folks making International Clash Day happen in Kent, Ohio.

DJ Gata will re-constitute Suburban Relapse for a day, sharing her punk mixtape dedicated to The Clash, from 1 to 3 pm

Instrument Journal will focus on the guitar for a day, celebrating the musical meeting of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon and their post-Clash projects

Art O'Sullivan's The Golden Road has Bob Weir doing a Clash cover, and the Grateful Dead's take on "I Fought the Law," plus Clash rarities, Big Audio Dynamite, and many more surprises!

By: Devin Lawrence, Zack Holbrook “Funk is a force that tore the roof off the sucka that is modern music.” -Prince We’re all very aware of the trope which typifies the band that hit their peak several decades ago, yet continue…

By: Joshua Zupan San Francisco based quartet, The She’s prepare for the release of their second LP entitled “all female rock and roll quartet.” The She’s ultra melodic rock-pop hybrid sound has taken California’s greater bay area by storm for the…

If you follow any hip hop news outlets, it’s been pretty hard to avoid Rolling Loud coverage. The festival has been getting quite a bit of attention, mostly focused around Lil B getting jumped backstage, and XXXtentacion attacking a fan…

Photo by Sanny Bisquerra--- I caught up with DJ Shellheart during Hiero Day 2017! Via no-platform.com: Riz interviews DJ Shellheart at American Steel Studios backstage at Hiero Day 2017. They talk about the origin of her name, meeting RBC Bugzy & Rexx Life Raj,being an LGBT African-American Female DJ, how she started…